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A PAMPHLET, 

ShoiDi7ig how ensili) the wand of a magician mcnj be broken, ana iliat, if 
Jimos Kendall can viannge ihe United States Mail well, a female of the 
United States can manage him better; also, that if shinplastcrs be good 
for shins, they are good for nothing else; and that J\^. Biddle alone can 
o-ive a quietus to Bentonian thikerism. 

Since the Gsneral can't make me queen, 

Bieng too aged for me to marry, 
I disdain close-iisted Van, tlie mean, 

And turn my musfi to gallant Hai-ry. 

To his Excellency Mariiii Van Bnrcn : 

Sip.: When I called on you this morning, ^vith much reluctance, at the request of 
some of my friends of distinction, it was not with the vain expectation of receiving 
from your cold-hearted, close-fisted hand, any remuneration ior the unwearied zeal I had 
always manifested for the present administration. No, sir, true patriotism has had its 
reward. I had the pleasure of seeing Col. Johnson, Vice President of the United 
States-a man who is all heart, aU soul, and truly a man of the people ; one who in 
point of justice, oughttohave succeeded Gen. Jackson, who was equal, and not surpassed 
by any other man/ I cannot see how any man can claim such a high distinction as you 
aspired to, who have not distinguished himself in the field as well as the cabinet, with 
the exception of Mr. Clay, who is one ajnong the most talented men in the United 
States, and a perfect gentleman in every sense of the word. Had I been as well ac- 
quainted with the genero^is and magnanimous spirit of the present Vice President when 
I made my remarks in what Gen. Jackson, termed my administration letter, I would 
have done' him as much justice as the pen of a lady could have who had any influence. 
Four years, sir, is a short term ; ten months has already expired: a man who could as- 
sumc such a high tone of authority, as to .say, a people were groaning under their 
difficulties m consequence of the influence that the Government has had on the Bank, 
and which has spread its baneful effects throughout the United States ; they are in- 
clined to expect too much from Government. 

The people would like to know to what otler source they are to look except to the 
Government for redress. A high tone of usurpation might be tolerated in an aristocratic 
government, but it will not be submitted to by an enlightened, intelligent and republi- 
can People, who have it in their power to elevate a man for one short term, and remove 
him at their pleasure. No, sir, I called on you to give you an opportunity to remove 
tlie unfavorable impression you left on my mind six months past, when you were so 
generous as to present me with one dollar for a publication of mine I left with you. 
Though I observed to you, that I was indebted to an editor $S6 for those administration 
letters I had circulated ; perhaps ten thousand travelled several hundreds of miles— paid 
my own expenses— gave away one-half where I tlionght they would be instrumental in 
promoting the present administration. Your remark was, " Miss Kenney we must keep 
still on that subject," so still, I suppose sir, that you never wished your ears to be mo- 
lested by a second apphcation; but sir, I drew a different inference from the one yo i 
intended to convey, by letting you know I expected it at some future time, and your 
hint was intended that it should not be known for fear it might be thought you had en- 
"•aged me to electioneer for you, but remuneration was the farthest thing from your in- 
tention. I am indebted to Gen. Jackson and Col. Johnson, and the united patronage of 
,, -the honqrabla Whigs from which I have had ^l.OOO for my sake, as they have observed ; 
and said, if you possessed one spark of Gen. Jackson and Col. Jolinson's generosity, 
you would raturn-the same tome which I spent in endeavoring to promote your elevation. 
It waarurtiicrobiorvcd to mc, by soaao Mombera of Congress, to ask you if the Vice 



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President could present mo {'roin tisia to timo with a check upon the Baak, without the' 
ne-:s3arv caution you gave me, that "we must keep still on the subject," when he was 
only nominated for the Vice Presidency, with only $5,000 a year: what ought I to ex- 
pect from the President with his $25,000 a year? Gen. Jackson once observed to me, 
at his ov.'n table, in the presence of several of his corrupt cabinet, which had he 
known, ho would have frowned them from his presence; and by one of his honest and 
dauntless looks, would have tiu'ned them to a piece of petrifaction, that money matters 
from Van Buren could not compensato me for what I had said and carrio<l out in my 
administration letters, as he was pleased to term them, and you have compensated me 
sir, by the presentation of a contemptible shin-plaster I left on your table, which 
T hope you found and appropriated it to some other purpose. I would not have 
you think, sir, that money v.'as my greatest object. No, sir, I v.-as influenced by a 
higher motive, for never was a heart more influenced by patriotism than I possess; but 
circumstanced as I was, I could not have displayed it, but with the generosity of 
the President Vice President, and honorable "i^liigs who I have justfound to- 
be the only men, (with the exception of the Vice President,) who carries out 
the Democratic principles enacted in '£8, by Mr. Jefferson. I have had an opportunity 
of hearing the public opinion respecting the candidates for the next Presidency; and 
it is with pleasure I find that the Vice President has by far the best chance. General 
Jackson once observed to me, that Col. Johnson would be our next President ; and v>hy 
should not his predictions be verified in his case as well as yours. God grant he may 
live to see that glorious day, and I may live to participate with him. I can say with 
truth and pleasure in the course of several thousand miles I have travelled 1o promote 
the present administration, I never had the misfortune to make an enemy of the honora- 
ble Whigs, though often urged to abandon the administration and unite with them ; but 
I was not to be bought at any price. It was observed to me in Philadelphia, at the 
last election, by your enemies, which I asssure you are as numerous as the sand upon 
the sea shore, that you ought to pay the publication of those administration letters, 
and give me $500 a year to defray my travelling e:tpcnscs, which I obsen-ed to Gen. 
Jackson before the last Congress, that he presided over. His reply was, that as soon as 
Van Buren took his seat, it should be done, and it has been done by Van Buren by the 
presentation of $1. Tiie whigs further remarked in Pliiladelphia, that Van Buren was 
the author of those letters I circulated ; himself and his policy suggested to him to 
pass them off on the Whigs through the hands of a lady of my perseverance. Such 
was their influence. I now give upforctcr the interest of a man who could refuse 
to comply with so small a request- as $36, and the first I ever made to him. — 
Though I had spent a $1,000 received from the honorable Whigs to promote his interest, 
and whether I was instrumental or not in doing so. my intentions were good while Gen. 
Jackson lives, and Col Jonson is a candidate for (he next Presidency, will not lose sight 
of my republican principles: but I will discard close-fisted Van the mean, and turn my 
muse to gallant Harrj'. I am pleased to find that the Vice President appeal's to be the 
people's choice. Gen Jackson's penetration fails hot. I hope he will li\e to give him 
his influence as he gave you his, which was Uie only step-stone you had to the Presi- 
dency. Yes, sir, a man who has fought and bled for his countiy — a man who can pre- 
sent his honorable scars, which will make a stronger appeal to the feelings of every man 
who possesses a spark of patriot ism, than all your lengtlily and sophisticated messages 
you ha\'* had the honor to present to Congress. Yes, sir, the battle of tlie Thames 
i.i uhich Col. Joluis^n was conspicuous, will be brought before the public, and 

Tile freedom won on battle's plain, 
The hero Joiinson will maintain. 

He still is in the field; 
The peonli-"s <,'ood ho has in view. 
And to tlu'ir rau-c will still be true, 

One inch he will not yield. 

Then to the man who gallant, brave. 
His countiy volunteered to suvc, 



Spontanscus honors give : 
While party waimth and zeal will cease. 
His unsouglit praises will increase, 

His .lame through time shall live. 

Yes, sir, I pronounce i:i the spirit and utnvavorinj decision of G:n. Jackson, liis fame 
will survive all thinas, except the wreck of nature, and the crash of worlds. 

LUCY KEXNEY. 

Then will Amos Kendall experience a change, when he finds himself 
hurled from his gigantic height, to a level which he had w ith the people, 
before he got into octhc by Mattering Gen. Jackson, which was the cnly 
recommendation he had in his favor ; but if the General had had the least 
suspicion of the principles of those sycophants by whom he wa; surround- 
ed, he w'oukl have frowned them from hii presence. I applied to Amos 
Kendall, and sent him the Vice President's letter of general introduction 
when I intended to go to the hermitage, to have the pleasuic of seeing- 
once more the greatest man of the present day, and winlc mem.ory holds 
her em.pire over my mind, \\ill always stand pre-eminent over other men. 
I applied to Kendall for a few lines of general intioduction to the piinci- 
pal contractors on the mail line to Nashville, wdiich wculd'havc saved me 
considerable expense, without costing him one cent ; he sent me word 
through his servant, he could not comply to my request, and sent me the 
Vice President's letter w ithout any corament on it. It is well he did net 
dehver his refusal in person, perhaps I would have made a remark 
which would have been very grating to his feelings, if he has any but 
what is engaged in his ambition : how dreadful will it bo for these men 
who has m.onopolized and held the reigns so long, that their heads as Avell 
as their hearts have been bewildered, and every feeling involved, save 
that which effects their own interest to relinguish their office, and see it 
transferred to those they have kept at a distance, who is so much their 
superiors in point of talents and generosity. I have been informed by the 
highest authority, that one of T^lr. Kendall's means by which he kept in 
high repute with the General, and kept the Post Office in such a prospc- 
ous condition, was by making no allowance with the difierent contractus 
who live in that section of the country which arc su'oject to inundations, 
which are calculated to retard the facility of the mail, in laying as heavy 
a fine and as frequent as his uncharitable heart would admit ; and by that 
means retained the greater part of the contract in the possession of the 
Post Office which went to the benefit of the General Government: but 
honerA Amos, this is not fair, and for which you w ill not have to relinquish 
your high post of honor and interest, w'hich is paramount .to every other 
consideration with you; but you will have to stand before the judge .of 
quick and dead, and give a stricter account than you ever gave to General 
Jackson, for wishing poor men who have families to support through their 
honest exertions in travelling through high and low waters at the risk of 
their live;, while v'ou sit in your splendid room at your fire side, pen in 
hand, while those who hold the reins, not such reins as \tw govern the 
people with, and receiving extravagant salaries which enables you to live 
in pampered ease ; but I doubt if your conscience is not seared with a hot 
iron, will permit you to' have that peace w'hich the woild with all its 
delusive charms, can neitlier give nor take away. I think the case of the 
rich man in the Gospel, and that of the beggar who laid at his gates, will 
be your situation in the next world, if you do not repent and do over your 
first seal from which you have so sadly departed. I think the parable of 
the maa wdio resowed the good seed in stony ground, which scon sprung 
up, and promised a good harvest, but as soon as the sun arose it withered 
for the w^ant of depth, and disappointed the expectation of a crop. The 
parable is a good illustration of your case. You once made a goodly pro- 
fession, and perhaps was sincere — but your unexpected clcvation-^tho 



love of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches has made you fall from 
the faith you once manifested ; but there still is time and space given you 
to return to the bishops and shepherd, and perhaps you may get into the 
fold before it is too late. The first thing I would recommend to you 
to obtain so desirable an end, is to render to those contractors over which 
you ft'ave exercised unlimited control, their full amount of contract which 
they so justly merit, and render unto government what is due to govern- 
ment, and not reserve all your sympathy for the public coffers, which are 
pressed full in order to swell the Treasury and pamper the office-holders, 
rather than let those men have their just due, in case of the failure of a 
few hours with the mail, which common sense ought to convince you it is 
their interest to be in time with the mail. I again recommend to you to 
render to the contractors what is due them, and government what is due 
to government, without regard to its frowns or its favors. Our Saviour told 
those hypocritical Scribes and Pharisees, who endeavored to entrap him, 
by asking him if it Avas lawful to render to Csesar tribute ; his reply was, 
render unto Ceesar those things that are Caesar's, and to God that were 
God's. I would recommend to you, to observe the same golden rule of 
doing unto others as you would have them to do unto you, and to love the 
Lord with all your heart, and your neighbor as yourself, wdiich constitutes 
the whole duty of man. And not withhold from those men who justly 
deserve the full amount of their contract, and you will not let any small 
failure on their part subject them to fines by which the greater part of the 
contract is lost to them. It is an old adage, and a true one, that honesty is 
the best policy. I hope you w ill excuse those facts that I have presumed 
to offer to your wise consideration, and improve upon them. I assure you, 
if General Jackson would have exercised his judgment, independent of 
his prejudice in favor of you, you would have stood no higher with the 
General thain you do now w"ith the public. I am in hopes before the new- 
General Post Office is completed, that we shall have a man more just than 
you are to preside at the head of affairs. I hope and trust he will be an 
honorable Whig which will do justice to both saint and sinner. 

Now, as it regards the Banking system, whether or not there sbould be 
a recharter of the United States' Bank, I would say that the experiment 
has given us sufficient proof of its utility. That the intercourse can never 
be carried on without such a Bank, as with one, is obvious. People may 
vaunt about Lycurgus, tiie great law giver, and bring up his iron money as 
a proof that there should be nothing but gold and silver. But his being 
an iron age, and this being one of gold, of course there can be no com- 
parison between them. In his days, if a person wished to buy a pair of 
half hose, he had to carry an anvil on his shoulder to pay for it. Those 
were glorious times for the dyspepsia, but not for a metalic currency. 

I once knew an old man who had several sons, and wherever he went 
they were always under his dominion, and enjoyed the blessing of prosper- 
ity ; for they rested confidingly under the shadow of his wings, and had 
nothing to fear. At last, about the time tliat his sons arrived at ago, he 
was suddenly cut off by the hand of an assassin: and from that moment 
the children on whom he bestov/ed his fondest hopes, began to squander 
his property and come to eternal destruction. 

Now this is the very condition of the father of Banks. And as the old 
man upon his dying bed, called his sons around him, to confer upon them 
his last blessings ; so now the father of Banks may call upon all the little 
banks, and say to them, my .children remember your old father is dying — 
he will soon be no more ! and before hn leaves you finally, he will say, be- 
ware of a spurious generation. I am the last of the noble Romans — there 
will be no Rienzi after me — the Nile of shinplastcrs Avill soon come upon 
you, like the Goths and Vandals, upon Rome, and sweep you away with 
the flood of desolation ! 



Now as the old iTiau'3 sons went to destruction as soon as their old father 
did, so will the youn^ -oanks as the old one dies, which wc have no 
reason to fear will ever be from the present prospect of allairs. The hon- 
orable ^Vhigs having got a majority in the House, Van ikiren v.'ill, as he 
has already, lowered in his tone, -agree to go with them ; but perhaps he 
waits to hear from his master. General Jackson, and get liis permission. 
No doubt he wrote his inaugural address under the General's eye, and by 
.is direction — the General having sworn him in, or else he v.-ould never 
.lave his influence. By that means he has left no door fur Liin to come 
out at unless the General opens it. 

It was fortunate for the country that Van Buren called Congress together 
the 1st of September, to Avhich he had the honor of addressing his first 
message, which was of such a nature that it created general disgust v^ith 
his enemies, and a general falling off with his friends. Had not the 
people been acquainted with it before the New York election, perhaps he 
might have saved himself in that State. Of course, good will come out of 
evil — it served to open the eyes of the people. He further observed in his 
inaugural address, to carry out the principles of his illustrious predecessor, 
or General Jackson ; perhaps he wrote that sentcnca under the General's 
immediate eye and direction, from which he is afraid to recant, knowing 
the General's disposition, lest he should d:ome and turn him out of his 
White House. Had his sentiments been known six months before his ad- 
dress, he would never had the honor of delivering one. He further ob- 
served in his message, that his sentiments in regard to the United States' 
Bank was well known to the people before they had elevated him to the 
two high ofhcei which he has held, which was a wrong statement of the 
case. The people's impression was, that he never would have hesitated a 
moment in regard to the recharter of the Bank, which certainly is one of 
the best institutions in the United States. I did not always think so favor- 
ably of the Bank, as the General had put hi 5 veto on it, ancl said he had 
numbered its day, and of course it must die ; but the present distress of 
the country in consequence of the removal of the deposties, and tho;e dc- 
posite Banks failing to pay specie according to the General's promise, that 
the country should have a hard currency, which is not the case. I think 
if the General had presided over the government when the great failure of 
his scheme became apparent, he would not have called Congress together 
at that unseasonable time, but would have taken the whole responsibility on 
himself, and have made the yellow boys which he is so fond of, hop- 
out of the Bank. It would have been well for JMr. Van Buren, had he 
displayed some of Mr. Webster's judgment in his speech on the currency, 
which has given universal satisfaction : there has be?n many thousand of 
them circulated — they will have great influence with the public in regard to 
his election, if he should think proper to be brought before the people, and as 
far as I can judge there is no man more tit than himself. A change would 
be for the better, no doubt, let it come from what source it will. One 
thing is certain, that mx shall have an honorable Whig for our President, 
Avhether it be Mr. Webster or Mr. Clay ; I know not but I prefer Mr. Clay, 
he is the most honorable and gentlemanly man, in both public and private 
life that I have the honor of being acquainted with, and cne whose 
talents stand pre-eminent above all others. . 

The other party have monopolized a sufficient length of time to become y 
obnoxious to the people, and wc look forward to a change as a most desira- • 
ble event. 

In my last remarks on the abolition question, I thought I had exhausted 
all the information I could give to the public, the unusual excitement 
the question has produced in Congress at this session, makes it necessary 
for me to extend my remarks still further, it being a subject in its own na- 
ture, so distructivc to the peace and prosperity of the country, that I find 



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it a difficult matter to follow it in all its different bea^ing.^ ; but fortunately for 
tho^e who are so much 0pp0.3edt0.it. we have such oblc defenders in the per- 
son of Mr. Wi.;e, of Va., and different Sovithern members of distinction; men of 
splendid and prominent .talent, and from the disaffection they have mani- 
fested towards it bv leavino; the Senate chamber during the discussion of 
the sul>ject, and tlireathened a ssperalion from the Union t hcwcver, peace 
was restored once more, and tiic members have resumed their seats, v«ith 
the full assurance, it will never be canvassed again in the House, and that 
all such petitions will not be suffered to be read, but -permitted to be laid 
on the table unnoticed. I think John Quincy Adams and Mv. Slade have 
received their death blov/, vrhich they justly meiited. It is a matter -of 
astonishment and rezrct, and cannot be attributed to any thing but a de- 
rangement of his mental faculties — a m.an who has lost sight of himself 
and'hi? own dignity, to descend so low, after being once President of the 
United Shites, lo disgrace himself so far as to be engaged in the abolition 
question, v/hich he nor hij colleague can never live to sec accomplished: 
it U true the old man has hi j seat on the floor, where the talents of the 
United States concentrate; but for a m.an of his yeai-s to be called to order 
by every young man, whom his constituents may be pleased to send. I 
recomm'cnd to 'the old mxi to retire from all public olHce, and devote the 
remnant of hi^ davs, in making peace with his Maker, which he has so 
prievously ofrende:!, and bv that means make some atonement for wislnng 
to disseminate and establish so pernicious a principle as aboUtion, in the 
District of Columbia, or any other District. _ _ 

Mr. Van Buren thought proper to lecture' Congress on the constitutional 
law, and gravely tells the people that a Bank of the United Slates would be 
unconstitutional; he would like to persuadfe the people that the Constitu- 
tion was not safe but in his own keepin-r— that he is afraid to trust it m the 
hands of the Representatives of the People.- Though much blood has been 
shed by fanaticism, under the pretext of serving the cause of religion, how 
mu'di uurrpation on:l tyranny have been practised upon the pretence of 
saviao- the Constitution and saving the People ? Let history answer. Who 
• i? thi^j mi^htv expounder of the Constitution ? Is he the venerable and 
o-lorious m\n^ who presided over the deliberation of the Convention that 
framed that sacred instrument? Or is he that wise and di?tinguished indi- 
vidu-al, whose pen gave its form and proportion? No, he n not; he is 
Martin Van Buren, the same man who inforined the nation in his inaugural 
address, that he was the first President elected, who had not participated 
in the j^atriotic struggles of the revolution, who thinks proper to say lor the 
information of the p"eople, or rather for the ladies present, that he was 
born long since those ancient davs. He is the first and principle chief of 
the expounders of the Constitution, and Amos Kendal another ofiicer of 
the law, not of the Constitution, has the temerity to say that lie is a limb 
also— a right arm I suppose of Mr. Van Buren. It is high tune for the 
di-1-nitv of\hc nation to frown down siich usurpation. It was observed by 
a Viro-inia gentleman, that he considered Mr. Jefferson the polar star that 
directed iifs course. Su|>pose we draw from imagiiralion and examine it 
)y the test of real life: will a traveller -always keep his eye on the polar 
•tar? If 1ie should keej) his gaze continually that way. he would soon imd 
limself wilh the w hi<iht bear and wanderino: Indians, and no other living 
Kmcr about him. Will the jjiudent and skilful m-aiiner look alone -at the 
Cortli star in directing his vessel over the trackless ocean? At times he is 
Di-ccd to look to other and less beauliful luminaries, and hnds them equally 
rue and useful -.istronomv. -.uid navigation tea-hes him to point his glass -at 
.'imes,lo all the bright st-.irs in the zodiac, and the power o( human reason 
nakcs them subservient to its control. So I think the practical American 
,-^itesman should view every sf-ar in the firmanent, or to quote the figure. 
: "lould read aU that has been written by the wi^:e and the good, and tficn 



dare to thmk for himself. When Mr. Jenerson embarked in the o-lorious 
cause of the revolution, did he take Locke or Milton, as a text book ? He 
read deeply all that the patriots had vaitten— he read deeply the volumes 
of human nature, and then dipped his pen into his own inind and then 
wrote tne immortal Declaralion cf Independence ; he had no model— darin"- 
to think for, and act for, himself; he made himself great for himsdf Mr"" 
Jeflerscn doubted before the United States Bank was establidied whether 
It was constitutional or not; but he did not ad\isc General Washino-tnn to 
put his veto on it; he cautioned him against usin? the veto- he'ur^-ed 
him to respect the Representatives of the People". ^He says it must^be 
added, however, that unles the President's mind on the subjects uhicli 
may be argued for or against this bill, is quite clear that it is unauthoiised 
by the Consiitution. In the pro and con, hangs so even as to balance his 
judgment ; a ju.t respect for the Avlsdom of the Legislature, would natural- 
ly desire the balance m favor ot their opinions ; such is the lan"-uao-e of i 
greater mind. I wish his modern fiiend, who is so^ften quotiifo. ft|, jef. 
terson was capable of appreciating those glorious senfiments.- 
Mr. \an Buren is tme to the task; he pledged himself to carry out the 
principles of GeneralJackson : so far he may think he is bound to do 
rom gratitude due from him to the General: but he must not confine 
inmselt alone to carrying out his political piinciples. Let him o-q the 
whole hog-let him carry out the General's private and domestic^rin! 
ciples,for which nextto the General's military fame, he stands so eminintlv 
conspicuous. There is no one wno can bear more ample testimony to the Gen- 
eral s unlimited generosity than myself. I am willing to risk all mv pros- 
penty and literary ame (if I ha.e Wen so fortunate as to acqu^Ja^ny ) 
to General Jackson s patronage, for whichhe wil: always claim my heait's 
bes gratitude, arid whose valuable life, though for advanced, I hope n 
God, may be prolonged for many years, and that his mind may con inue 
to retain to the last hour of his earthly existence unimpaired :uch , 
IS the sincere afFection of a grateful heart. But I cannot consider mv- I 
self under the least obligation to cold-hearted, close-fisied, VanEuren and ' 
Wind to his falling so iar beneath the principles of his illustrious pi'eTe- 
cessors-aman, (it I was to judge the fruit by the tree,) does not po.^ess 
a soul as large as an emmet's eye : so much for my opinion of Van Euren 
When 1 tak«:. a retrospective view of our once prosperous and hapnv 
country, as far back as the administration of the immortal Jefferson I am 
constramed to say, what has produced this change? Then this land was 
the envied spot of liberty and honor; then I coulcl compare to a beauti 
ful rich, luxuriant garden ; he the parent and guardian, as it were o' er a 
healthy, patriotic and independent nation, whose sons and daughters 

teZeV^ ' •'"" "^ 1""'^""' "--f-tV^^-ble in exertion, to attai the 

he pie-eminence in science, agriculture and commerce, over every na- 
tion; and to soar like the eagle in triumph, proud of ts own its native 
plumage ; who m every struggle with the British lion never los a pi me 
when 1 roared and howled for victory, as its' pointed foot stainell ou.' 
pea.etul land, and prowled along our unprotected border. Littl- did llu 

nowung ba... to i^ tyrants cavern, and gain for this garden spot laurel 
and a name, to which tyrants must bow and tremble. And LaVJii all wc 
submit to a tyrant at home, to wield a sceptre of iron ove a pec' p e ono 
accusmtoed to be governed with reic,ns of mercv and jus ice ine comd v 
one interest one constitution. ^ •' J^'^ugc, one countij, 

lifel^bloo^t ""'^^"'"^ M''^'?''i'''J^'°P^° ^'""''^^'^ ^t with blood, their own 
life wa se'i . -'T\l^'''^ «^ Patriots and freemen : their wealth, their 
W' lofJ-i/ ^'' -^^^ r'^""'' "^ ^^''' '^"^°'"«' their voung ai d be- 

nvaded tn ff ^'"'" 'rT"^"^.'' ^'f '^^^*'^ ^^^1^^' ^^1^^" the-ir rightl became 
mvaded, and buc one feeling beat high in every breast, victory or death, it 



.vasnot the vves^lthv, the talented, the influential, alone that gained for 
in .elf honor and unfadin. ^vrealhs of vietcry, achieved by the hand o - 
v^ ; a^d enbalmed by a grateful eountry ISo,. U was the poor the hon st 
tar the brave, uncoinpromi.sing ^oldier, who planted his llag, bold aiid firm 
A American oil, the?e to wave free and independent over ai nahcns, or 
°;rish beneath it', folds. It stiU Hoats in triumph at home, by land and by 
sea and defies the usurper at home, or tyrants abroad. It was the poor mar, 
he laboring man. whom Mr. Van Buren despises. He is not the poor 
man's Send. We do not want his tongue to express it ni such plam 
words— his measures prove that fact beyond contradiction. 

^t i was the poor of the once happy land, that resigned ^^Jk^nd flew 
to thdr country's rescue, that fcaightlilce men contending lor tneir deaie.t 
Ho. They iiu.ht not for wealth, they fought not to be eleyaied on am- 
bitbns diz7V height, they fought not for the Treasury of these United 
StX to hold it with a t/rantsTrcn grasp, to buy menial sjcophants, to put 
hisshiuldertothe wheel, and move on his chariot ot ambition, avarice 
ind Sde (such is M-artin Van Buren, who now holds the reigns o gov- 
'e-mnenlo No, the poor fought for his home, his own dear hre-side, hs 
S;ead ea'-ned b^ the sweat of his brow ; he fought for his country, his oun 
h naSve soilf he is the man that deserves well ot his country, and his 
^^Z^on the hearts of his countrymen, will be handed horn genei- 
S to c^eneration, when Van Buren and his corrupt measures will le- 
rnrtoemp^notlino- from where he sprung. Oh! that I may live to see 
e dav lat'L Sy honest patriot may sound the trumpet, that it may be 
heaiS^ and echo through all the land: (hurl the proud usuiper down :) 
and if we can do no better, give us an honest Whig, a man after Washing- 
ton unJefl^rson's own-heart; true to his country, true to the people s 
n^ere^ (the people's interests and prospects are identified with their 
cc^^nt y') yo?ca4 seperate them, they are bound together with chains 
of adamif • you had as well pretend to weaken the tie between parent 
and chicl a I seperate the Government from the People with impunity 
The he 'rt that firs su^^ested this measure, which ^^^s brought lorwardm 
Mr Van Buren's message to Congress, the extra session is like hat ob- 
noxious^-eptile, who never permits its victim to know its object till it coils 
hSf UP and in an instait infuses its deadly poison through his ^^ hole 
frame ami he who a few moments before, was healthy and happy, is now 
a mass of ohon and corruption, writhing under the venom.of a serpents 
:tir So' with this healthy, happy nation, its enterprising sons w re 
S oa'-h other in a<^riculture, commerce, and every art and science, 
The exo^n'Vm^ mind of man could produce, which like a rich mine, 
on yn?ed- -industry, ener;^^ and perseverance, to exhibit to the woild its 
invaluable treasures. Generous enterprise, and invention, the sons ot 
Amec are like the stars in the firmanent, as one passes away it oily 
^esSaco'o another, and yet yet more brilliant to charm and fill he be- 
Kolde V th ^Imiration. And since you, Mr. Van Buren have ascended the 
rha lot of State-you have passed along like the gale trom the Upas tree- 
vou ht e potne: . and lalcl waste, genius, commerce, enterprise, agricul- 
n and Cry thing that was noble; and. calculated to improve and 
e et;te tt. "-isin^ nation-you have crushed and withered bv yom-^hr^ - 
fd measures aiufpolicy, every opening bud of genius, and eve n shoc^ the 
irm ind unbendi lo- oak. 1 would ask you, though a female, 1 na^c a 
it y^^^^^^ bevond.what shall I oat, and even -herewithaU 



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■when they ought to be home in their dear England, and feed on the huaka 
that fall from their sovereign's table ; and take all the slaves with them, 
whose freedom they are so anxious to obtain. 

I have digressed from my subject to you ; (a word to the wise is al- 
ways in season.) I would ask you, what is it you want ? In your two 
messages to Congress, you proposed an everlasting separation of all 
banks and the Government. Alas! a separation of the Government, 
and the interest of the People — for surely, whatever promotes the interest 
and prosperity of the People, and facilitates their business transactions, 
should be protected and guarded by the Government. Does the People 
support the Government, or the Government the People? Yes, it is a 
truth, I blush to own, that Government does support a few, to the exclu- 
sion of the interest and rights of the whole. That favored few is to re- 
ceive for their services, Benton's yellow gold. I am disposed to think, he 
will be glad to pocket a shinplaster, ere many moons have revolved their 
course. You are the author of them, and I think it right, you should 
cherish the work of your own hand with your name on the stamp, till 
more portentous clouds of adverse circumstances — those dark and trying 
changes of sorrow and joy, that man is heir to, passes away, and peace, 
union, and prosperity throws around its invigorating and healthy influenc* 
of union, confidence, and love. So it is with a Government when it pos- 
sesses the confidence of the people — when they can look in time of com- 
mercial distress, (for every scheme of man is liable to fail, even if they 
are not rag barons, as your trumpeter, the Globe is pleased to term the 
merchants of New York,) on any misfortune or evil that is passing over 
our once happy land, with one dark sweep of desolation, distress, and 
■wretchedness. The Government is bound by the Union to the people, to 
stretch forth the saving hand of mercy and charity ; but alas ! I fear those 
heaven-born attributes are strangers to Mr. Van Buren. How can we ex- 
pect lenity and mercy from the hired menials, when such a turn-coat rabble, 
occupies the chair of State ? When his mandate goes forth — forthwith it 
becomes a law. What has elevated you to rule over an enterprising, free, 
enlightened, and independent People ? Where are your laurels gained in 
battle-field ? Where is the spot that witnessed the strength and valor of 
your arms ? Where are the trophies of your greatness, the escutcheon of 
your valor? Where is your wreath of laurels, gained on the field of 
slaughter, carnage, blood, and death, like those won by many a gallant 
hero of our land, whose course was like a briUant light in the heavens, 
which swiftly passes away, and leaves the beholders in admiration and won- 
der ? They have gained a halo of glory, a wreath of laurels, which will 
remain forever green, to bud and blossom, till time shall be no more. Yes, 
they are entwined around our flag of liberty, that never struck to an over- 
powering foe — they are interwoven with our Constitution of the Union, 
and equal rights. Yes, their memories and name are engraved on our 
flag by the hand of a grateful country ! Yes, that flag, firmly planted by. 
our forefathers on liberty's free and happy soil, will wave untarnished 
throughout our Union, and fondly bear to earth's remotest shore, the his- 
tory of victories gained, like stars in the heavens, glitter upon its waving 
folds, and like the beautiful rain-bow, unclouded by every passing sphere 
which gives softness to every shade and hue ; so the flag, the wonder and 
admiration of the universe, is embalmed with the tears of the fatherles* 
and forlorn widows, who have often been driven by a cruel and savage foe» 
from their homes, their children, and their all, w^ their lives in peril — 
to shelter in the dark mid-night cavern. Where then was. he, who is now- 
elevated to the pinnacle of power, his ambitious soul panteth for ? But 
Van Buren cares for none of these things—he is not the poor man's friend- 
What is it you are so opposed to in the banking system ? You say ijl your 
message to Ccn^n^-:;-, th^' i^ if a flurhntinscunoncr/, subj^^ct t'> cxpalisicn 
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and contraction ; and consequently, the Government builers loss and em- 
barrassment : So it does not matter Vi'hat the suficrings and loss of the peo- 
ple are, so the Government and its man-servants and maid-servants, are 
not made to feel the efiects of this fluctuating currency, as you are 
pleased to term it. And this over-trading, which seems to be such a thorn 
in the Government's side, and -when their schemes of commerce and en- 
terprise are thwarted, and disappointment threatens a wreck, they look too 
much to Government for sympathy snd support. "Will not a child in time 
of danger, distress, and suffering, look to its parents ? Will not feelings of 
confidence, affection, and hope, animate and cheer his bosom, when ho 
knows that parent is united to him b}' the ties of union, against the omnipo- 
tent power of Heaven : and if he is a parent that deserves the name, he 
knows, he has wisdom, forbearance, justice, mercy, and honor, in every 
trial of ditliculty, and immergency. He bears a part, and all ^the united 
forces of Avisdom — all the physical strength of united power — all the re- 
sources that a power you would fain wield, with the hand of a Talleyrand ; 
but thank God, the scales are fallen from the People's eyes, and be assured 
you w'ill soon fall like Lucifer, to rise no more. 

Where then, I again ask, Avas Mr. Van Buren, who now by deception, 
intrigue, and menial sychophancy, occupies the Chair of State at home in 
ease, revelling in luxury and licentiousness, while every true American 
and patriot, was actually engaged in pouring out their life's last precious 
drops in crimson deeds of blood. And think you, your ignoble soul can 
long humbug this wise nation ? You should in time of peril, shoulder your 
musket and hie you to the Indian prairie, and boldly meet the Indians 
yell, and dare his tomaw^k. If you you had a patriot's soul, you would have 
done so, then you might have had some small claim to your present situation : 
not to occupy it as you now do, by the recommendation and virtue of 
another. You should have caught the patriot fire, the noble soul, before 
you aspired to be a statesman ; but you have not the root of the matter 
in you — you lack the one thing needful, you want soul : noble, expound- 
ing, true, firm, unwavering Jeffcrsonian principles. Let me point your 
low, contracted, pusillanimous mind, as far back as the late Seminole war, 
there you will see a gallant band of patriots, (and many of them poor men,) 
which your mercenary, selfish soul despises — you there see a band of true 
Americans, marching boldly on to subdue a savage foe. Yes, that gallant 
band, boldly volunteered, left all to contend with the Indian's tomahawk 
and scalping knife — tliey had to contend with a band of assassins — with 
midnight robbers, that were strangers to mercy and honor, that governs 
all honorable nations in war — there fell many a long to be lamented hero; 
many a beloved and cherished champion of liberty, was cut down in a 
moment, as it were — many, whose bosom was the home of every thing 
that was good, great and noble; there fell many a bright star from our 
different States, that would have, ere long, thrown their bright and reful- 
gent rays in any or every department to which a grateful people might 
elevate them, and which only should be filled by such men as gather their 
laurels on the battle field- There fell the immortal Dade, the noble, great, 
and good — there sleeps the brave son of Virginia, who has given birth to 
the greatest heroes, and statesmen, and warriors, that was ever marshalled 
in the field : and et|ual, if not surpassed, Demosthenes and Cicero in our 
Halls of Legislature. Ves, tlie sons of Virginia can boast of imiting good- 
ness with s!:reatness, unwavering integrity of principle and puipose, with 
unequalled talents, with patriotic love of country, burning bright and pure 
at the altar of liberty — you will not find any of them menial sycophants, 
winding their way to umbilioii and [tower, by cunning, hypocrisy, and 
bribe. No. \\\oy gain their elevation by merit, by honest meiuis, by honor- 
able and noble tnutives and principles, they ascend, step by step, through 
their own naliv and *-nlir(' worth, to every post of honor they fill, till tliey 



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arrive' at the pinacle of noble deeds, iiitelligeut attraction, and busrt like a 
meteor upon an astonished world. Such men as these live, and are cherish- 
ed in the bosom of their coiintry — they want no hired harbinger to puff 
their praise; their worth is embalmed in deeds of blood, flowing for their 
country's right, and recorded in the history of our country, like lights in a 
dark and bewildered land. Such men as these, Mr. Van Buren live ; and 
thank God, may such still Hve to preserve our countr}- from tyranny, usur- 
pation, and oppression, which the present state of alFairs portend. If 
power so long abused, is not checked in its polluted channel, and conducted 
into purer streams, we have men — honest patriots — men who can giiide the 
helm of State, with honor, safety, and the confidence of the people— men 
who would see a ray of light and loA^e, upon the face of the people, -Jiat 
would diffuse and kindle to a flame, like the meredian sun, and hail them 
as rulers of this nation, while you will be cold and dead to their interest 
and feeling, as jNIahomet — you will remain like the snow on the JMount, 
rthat the rays of the sun can never warm. 

You, Mr. A'^an Buren, who have the honor to boast of being sent Am- 
bassador to a foreign nation, who has exercised your talents on the floor of 
our Congress, Vvho acted so conspicuous a part at the Hartford Convention, 
should not need to be told, that a person might hold a situation such as this, 
and yet be perfectly destitute of the qualifications such ?.r, those that are 
absolutely necessary for the President of these United States to possess. We 
Avant a President, distinct from his cabinet, irudependent in thought, feel- 
ing, action; one who has a great, good mind — a rniud capable of e::ercise, 
profound, healthy, and Iionest measures, out of which the interest, pros- 
perity, and advancement of this great nation, will grow and flourish like a 
green bay tree ; he should have a mind that was a memento to him, to 
which he could turn to, like a large book of inestimable treasures, which 
•«ach precious gem of truth as purified by experience, wisdom — wisdom 
that can save a country from impending ruin, distress, and sufferings ; not 
that dark cunning, which you possess, which may pass with a few, for the 
wisdom of Solomon. As you are the bark that floats them with a gale of 
prosperity, to safety, ease, and comfort — while the people won't ride the 
bark in their own strength, or sink ignoble beneath the storm of destruc- 
tion and ruin, you have cast around them, with no ray of escape. You 
liave but a short time taken command of the Ship of State — you have 
hoisted the black flag ; spread a canvass of many colors : thrown your ma- 
gician anchor with a heavy splash into the treasure of the country, and 
aroused there, all the learned imps of i!ie tribe of Lucifer, to put on 
their armor, sword in hand, man and guard well the ship, for promotion 
and high salaries await them: dark nefarious counsel, Gtratagcm, combina- 
tion, and intrigue. 

You are not strlvintr for the glory, prosperity, ond good of the people — 
you are stri''!ag against it. sword in haml — the cry is, give us crold, or else 
Ave die forthwitii. Your specie circular went forth with all the horrors of 
want, destruction, starvation, loss of property, kws of life, loss of credit, 
loss of everything that was dear to man, and indeed, v.-oman too; for 
where is the poor destitute widow, and orphan, that has not felt the Van 
Buren scheme, that has swept over our land, with .such devastation and / 
misery ? It has been more fatal and destructive, than the yellow fever or I 
cholera, which has stalked amons: us with the scythe of death in its train, \ 
cutting down both great and small. Yet in every case there was hope. 
that perhaps e'er the dawn of the morrow sun, some lieavenly breezes 
would pass along with health and vigor in its course. Not so with the Van 
Buren j^lague — it came like the reckless hurricane, or rushing tornado, or 
exhausted the element of its fury — it is rushing impetuously in the dcst-uc- 
lion of all around, the firm and sturdy oak is made to feel the shock, if not 
nprooted from its firtn and sound fomiHafion ; the lonely lilly, whose per- 



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fume i?* bome along by each gentle zephyr, to mingle with its sister fra- 
gittuct the rose, is crushed, withered, dead, beneath the pelting of the 
storm. 

Stay, tyrant stay, let mercy touch thy heart. 
With truth, honor, justice, act thy noble part. 

So Mr. Van Buren, what a whirlwind of woes has caused the innocent 
orphan to shed the bitter tear of blasted prospects, of blighted disappoint- 
ment, and cast in an unexpected moment, upon a world, without fortune, 
friends, or employment : the bereaved widow too, herself thrust out of 
employment, which was the only means to support a young family of be- 
loved children — now, starvation, and all the train of woes attendant on 
poverty, haunt her disconsolate dwelling ; the venom of your measure, 
has stung, as well as entered the dwelling, blasted the prospects of the in- 
nocent and worthy, as well as those that have overtraded and lived too 
extravagantly, and deserve well the calamity that has come upon them, 
and then dare to look to the Government of the United States for indulgence, 
sympathy, or aid. Yes, your mandates have gone forth like the pestilentious 
Xale from the Upas tree, blighted, poised and clothed in darkest gloom of 
aisaffection, by your poluted and selfish influence. 

Stay, tyrant stay, let mercy touch thy heart, 
With justice, truth, and honor, act thy noble part; 
Thy narrow soul, the people's good can't fill, 
They claim their rights, and have tliem they will. 

You should, Mr. Van Buren, have studied the American character, be- 
fore you ascended the Chair of State to govern them. You were bom, as 
well as I can understand, somewhere in the Yankee States : then by birth, 
you are an American, but you are not an American patriot or warrior — 
your principles and measures are not the genuine American stamp. That 
part of your message to Congress, that recommends a separation of Gov- 
ernment and People : are the People to sustain and support a Government 
by the sweat of their brow, and hardly enough for their labor to furnish a 
comfortable living for their families, while the Government, like the Prodi- 
gal, with an overflowing treasury, revelling in extravagance and luxury, 
wrung from the life's blood of the laboring poor ? And then, you do not 
say the people's (but the banks) interest, welfare, and prosperity, is inti- 
mately connected with the banks, they aid and facilitates their commercial, 
foreign, and domestic transactions, with propriety and safety — they are 
the channels through which this country, has transacted business with 
honor to herself, and the approbation and respect of all nations. And now 
there is a new fangled doctrine brought out, to chop up and scatter to the 
four winds of Heaven, the receptacles that are safe, necessary, and proper 
for all business transactions of men — they have been tried as it were by 
fire, and proved themselves of pure gold from the hand of the refiner. — 
Now Mr. Van Buren proposes, down with all banks, and we will have a 
sub-Treasury — we will have a Government Bank: for in its hallowed 
vaults, nothing shall come that defileth and makest ashamed. Gold, pure 
gold and silver will be the Government currency, and the poor people will 
have to sett soul and body to work, to put it there ; and that the last they 
see of it — they may hear it rattle in the ofiice-holder's pocket. 

No sooner had the specie circular mounted the white horse, and flew 
with rapidity of the wind to earth's remotest shore, bearing in its speed, 
disappointment, chagrin, and wrath ; and calling upon every man to save 
himself, for the day of destruction, and desolation was at hand, for Mr. 
Van Buren was pouring out his vial of wrath upon the people. To meet 
such hateful, fiendish measures, these shinplaster imps, marshal them- 
aelves in thick array, to meet their adversary, the specie circular, with 
sword in huiid, and a bold determination, to sustain the wants of the poo- 



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]>le, that they should not perish and sink beneath the edicts oi such a ty- 
rant. They" have boldly met the specie circular in the field, and have 
bravely acquitted themselves thus far, in supplying the immediate wants of 
people -with small change, which your confused measures and high-handed 
inonarchial policy had robbed them of. You first roused these shinplaster 
ghosts from their non-existence, by banishing gold and silver to their hiding 
places, till you could accomplish the diabolical plot of a sub-Treasury, or 
rather a Government Bank, where thieves could not break through and 
steal. You are the author and father of shinplasters, and they will haunt 
you through your four years reign, and attend you in retirement, where 
you will in vain call upon gold and silver, to frighten and banish those shin- 
plasters that haunted the dawn of your administration, and will be handed 
to generations yet to come, as the first fruits of the profound wisdom, the 
sound pohcy, and pure democratic principles of President Van Buren. — 
You are opposed to any kind of paper that passes for money ; indeed, you 
go so far as to say, it is not money : we all know it is not gold and silver, 
but it purchases as much, and as good articles, as gold and silver,.among 
just and honest men. Though many office holders want as much for their 
silver five cent piece, as a poor laboring man can get for twelve and a half 
cents in paper; and if the rich, which hold all the gold and silver, has this 
advantage over the poor man, in the green tree, how will it be in the dry ? 
If the sub-Treasury scheme had succeeded — if this long desired Govern- 
ment Bank could be accomplished, how would this President Nero oppress, 
and destroy, and exult in triumph, over the wretchedness and sufferings 
he had brought upon the people, to bring them over to his views, measures, 
and laws? You were ignorant of the American character: they do not 
want a gold and silver banner waving over them, to make a free, indepen- 
dent, and happy people — their soil is too soft and fertile, to sustain such a 
ponderous banner — they have bought their independence with their life's 
blood — they disdained, and threw off the fetters of a tyrant and despot, 
and an oppressive government of a foreign nation : and think you, they 
will suffer this roaring lion to destroy them on their own, their native soil ? 
That they will dastardly yield to the monarchial government of Mr. Van 
Buren, and cringe beneath his iron sceptre and party measures ? No, they 
will never yield their dear bought rights, to the vain delusivepolicy of a ty- 
rant, abroad, nor athome. The blood of a thousand patriots and heroes, would 
speak from yonder plain, in crimsoned tides, and animate them ta 
sustain their rights, their honor, — palsied be every American arm, and 
extinguished forever that patriotic fire, kindled at the altar of our liberty 
and union. You have long flattered yourself with the prospect of being 
seated at the helm of affairs — all your politic manoeuvring and stratagems, 
all your turning about to the right and left, sounding the strength of the 
party that was most likely to elevate you to the goal of ambition, which 
your proud, aspiring soul panted for, was for the honor which the Chief 
Magistrate of the United States is encircled with ; the halo of glory that 
is promised to illuminate and rew^ard all his measures, and deliberations of 
policy and union : he is elevated to fill that station by the unbiassed, un- 
bribed voice of the people, whose general good, prosperity, and honor, 
is the grand and unwavering principle that influences him, when he ac- 
cepts the honor of so responsible a station ; to elevate with honor, and ad- 
vance with equal right and justice this great nation, or clothe it with em- 
barrassment, disgrace, and destruction. All this power is vested in the 
President of these United States, to exercise it as a wise parental friend, 
who adopts no measures, exercises no policy but for the general good : but 
if he abuse the powder, and acts from low contracted party influence, ho ii> 
no longer acknowledged by American patriots, as their lawful ruler, but a 
tyrant who would thAvart their prosperity, and rob them of th<'ir doarrst 
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You, wiiii ail dte v.lhy "ublloty of the serpent, tlial belroytHl our forefathers in the 
jxanleii of Eden, coiled yours'^lf around the alfection and interest of my venerable 
friend, your pjedecsssor, whose heart was honest and true to his country, and his coun- 
try's cause, suspectod no deception, but believed all your sychophancy and flattery 
shadowed forth ; but tim ?, situation, and circumstance, wero. only necessary to bring out 
the hidden monster, a^ one he had cherished, as one eminent!}' qualified, as he hoped 
and believed, to put his shoulder to the wheel, Hercules like, and carry the Ship of 
State in triumph and honor through the clouds of storm and tempest, that threatened 
her gallant course, when he resigned to your pledge of faith, her prosperity and welfare. 
Ah ! and what have you seen, what have we heard ? Short has been the sun of your 
administration, for^ "darkness, gross darkness, has dimmed its brightness for such 
measures as you propose; and such policy as you would adopt, are such that the bright 
orh of Heaven would veil itself in gloom, and stand still, amazed in grief, at the 
wrongs and oppression of the people — a people to look too much to Government. To 
whoT.i then must they look ? The People has not robbed the Government, but the Govern- 
ment has trampled on the rights of the People j they form and sustain the Government by 
the sweat of their brow, in luxury, ease, and extravagance ; and then in time of distress 
and difficulty, they must not dare to look to Government for lenity or sullrage, but lool: 
to themselves, and exercise all their own wisdoin and ingenuity, to extricate them from 
the difficulties and embarrassments brought on (hem by the harsh measures of the ad- 
ministratio;n, to which they dare not look. Let the People look away from the Govern- 
ment — let the Government and People be distinct, in interest, separate in Union, hostile 
to men and measures — what would be the state of things in this countiy in a few yeai's ? 
This country, the home of every blessing, calculated to constitute the happiness and 
comfort of a wise, enlightened, and intelligent People — blessings which every Ameri- 
can does, or ought to appreciate, for they give us a superiority over every nation on 
earth. True, there are some evils to mar and deface its beauty, tranquility, and peace ; 
some demons in human form, destitute of soul, enlio;htened by wisdom from on High ; 
midnight assassins, who boldly aim deadly poisoned arrows at our dearest rights, our 
domestic peace, our prosperit}", our life, who by their fiendish doctrine, would infuse 
dissatisfaction, rebellion, and death, into the hearts of our domestics, our friends, our 
children. The Abolitionist is this nionster, the demon of darkness, the prince of wicked- 
ness in high places, who for their own aggrandizement and ease, would dare trample on 
the rights of others, involve our happy land in turmoil, blood-shed, and death ; throw 
fire-brands in our Halls of Legislatures, where peace, harmony, and love, should pre- 
side, to che ;k and throve around their heavenly influence, to soften and controL even,- 
emotion that might arise, to agitate the mind of those convened for the good of tbe na- 
tion, its prosperty, its lionor, and advancement — not to lay those high considerations 
aside neglected ; and to all their wisdom and energ}', to determine what is best for the 
negro population, whether they shall be free, right or wrong, or remain as God intended 
them. I would direct th:; Abolitionist to Pandora's box, to determine the case. Our 
■wise men have not time or talent for such chaif subjects. 

They are, they say, contending for the liberty of their colored brethren. Then, they 
would wound and slay; their v.hite brethren to (yoc tlie person of color; for if the 
soul's salvation is the object, the negro being in bonds, is no bar to his soul — being saved 
by grace. Christ is the Saviour of all, wlietlier bond or fi-ee : he is no respecter to per- 
sons. While on earth, lie preached salvation to all men — He is the sum and substance 
of pure religion — he recognized bond-sei vant.s in many of his discourses, for he exhorts 
i*er\-ants to b? obedient to their masters, with singleness of heart, not with eve ser- 
vice, for in tlie discharge of their faitliful duty to their master on earth, they 
would receive the re\vard of (heir Master in HeaNcn. So the Bible urges obedience 
from servants to their earthly master ; and the Abolitionst urges disobedience and un- 
lawful measures, to sever the bond ibrmed by the Lord of heaven and earth. The Abo- 
Jitionist understands not the' mind and will of God on this subject. Their views are not 
drawn I'rom an enlighlimf^d investigation of the word of truth — it is the doctrine of Bel- 
zebub, the prince of darkness. I del'y any one to jiroduce a word in the New Testa- 
ment, (and I know tli^y cannot in the Old,') uttered by our Saviouror any of his Apostles, 
that shadowed for(h (he slightest exhortation to masters to free their servants, lawfully 
in their pos.session. And surely, if in the view of Deity, the sin wa.s so heinous, he 
would have warned them ol" their danger, for he made the way of salvation so plain to 
the unlettered, as well as learned, that all ;u-e loft without excuse; and a way-faring 
man, though a fool, shall not err therein. We now, only take (he Bible in its simplicity 
and truth, to prove the Abolitionists are acting from the dark phantitms of their sickly 
Imagination; and they, in (he rigliteous day of jiidirment, will ha\e more sin to answer 
for, than (he kind protector and master, who only retains in possession what is his just 
right to hold, without any fraudulent injury to his neighbor, and tacitly sanctioned 
by the Saviour. 

I shoijld like to know where the Abolitionist got this quiet and sound doctrine from ; 
the docnine is not oven ci\il, much loss of heavenly origin, for surely in small cases it 
is not right and just, for us to favor one iu'lividuni, at the loss and injury of another, 
though it may be often practiced. CJod has revealed his will to all men ; and this is his 
will concerning you /.bolitionist.->, that you live in peace with all men, and follow- after 
ladings'--, without which, no ni.in s'lall see the Lord: and if you suffer ;ls a Christiari, 



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not as an c\ H doer, ;i biuy body in otlu r men's iiuitUis. VVii.it oood Ikis tl;c \ bol'-'ou 
ists done r If anv at whose expense ? JN'ot their own, lor ihc conununity cannot uroduce 
such a cold-lieart.d, nanovv-niinded, selfish set, as thev aro; coIlecti\elv and in<lividiiall\ _ 
their bosoms aje sti-angcrs to any of tlie heavenly gruces ; for did th."v bear the inia"-e ol' 
the baviour, the fruits of the spirit would be aj)paient in all their conduct and convers-i 
tion : Uieir spirit is grieved at the oppression and bonds of the ne-ro population Is tt-.i- 
tlie sum and subsistence of tlieir relipon ? Have they ever obeyed the commands'o^ 
God as revealed m the Bible, for he has not commanded them to go about doin- nns- 
chief with hre-brands m tb.eir hands, sowing discord and rebellion m families commn 
nities and stales. The Christian is commanded to go about doing good, to' visit th- 
friendless, the forlorn, the widow, and fatherless ; to bind up the brokSi heart, and cou'r 
in the oil of gladness, consolation, and comibrl. Are there not more objects to excite 
and bring into active exercise, their benevcience ? That they should thus, boldly ven- 
ture their influence to elevate the negro, and promote tlie rights, the superiority of the 
whites over them, as the object they have in view, to place the negro, in any lio-ht what 
ever, on an equahty with the white. I disdain to meet them on that ground, its' too low 
degraded a position for any uhite man or woman to take, that has any moral powers to 
consult the belief, that a negro is on an equahty with the whites, oWginated and vvas 
brought by somemean low degraded being, who desired popylaiity, gain, or poNver and 
was too contemptible to obtain it in an honorable course ; thei^fo^e, on that point I 
leave the Abolitiomst with his colored brethren, to grapple their way, over quick-sands 
aro^Jndftem''^' ^ ' ' '^^' '''"'' tliat the prince of darkneis can twnd 

Again l^hoy say a white man has no right to hold a colored person in bondage, and re- 
ceive his labor, without a compensation. I ask-, does the servant receive "no^eward =" 
Who clothes and feeds him ; who furnishes him a comfortable home-takes care of him 
m sickness and healtli .' The master. And is this no compensation for the ne-^ro's s™ 
iion ' OM 1 ;'f .g°«^"7^^f "'^ protection of a master, a bar to the nerrio's souf's salva- 
tion .' Oh ! Abolitionist, I blush for your ignorance and lolly, at your dark, unhallowed 
views of the Deity, who holds the universe in the hollow of his hand-M ho spoke this won- 
derful world into existence,without aid or council of any one-who as Lord of heaven and 
earth-who governs in the army of heaven, and among the children of man ; who rides 
upon the whirl-wind, and directs the storm; who embraces at one glance, the monarch 
upon his throne, and the lone ylilly in the vale; wdio scans the thmights of man e?e it 
s ormed, or brought into action ;_who sits the judge of motives as well as actioms! and 
^ull judge evm;one accordinn- to his work, whether it be good or bad : and in that d^y of 
general retribution, we shall have to answer for oui-selves. and not for another. SoVe 
Abolitionist will not have to answer for the slave or the master, but to his own mas- 
ter he will.stand or lall. And this is the being, the Abolitionist, who presumes to Tay 
has authorised him to meddle with master aifd sm-ant ; this universal KiilhS eif- 
lfl^'\ independent eternal, I am, should need the aid of this short sighted mo talf to 
carry out his mind and wiU, concerning the master and his landed servant. I see m^re 
oppression and cruelty exercised toward the whites, who are destitute and dependeiTon 
fefrlT 7r The^most worthless, lazy, idle, and impertinent colored peilons in the 
District ot Columbia, live in ease and comfort : and many poor whites I see dailv 
tolling for barely enough to sustain a helpless family ; and this is the place where Tl 

\tVf-:T'T\'' ''"'' *° ^f ^ '^:'''' ^''^^ ^-^ '" ''""ds. But thank God, lie has stopped 
them in their frantic career lor the present-i. was the interposition of k merciful God 
who put a check to tlieir wayward course, who says to the rushin^r ,vave, thus far S 
thou go and no farther-here shall thy proud waves be stayed If they have «uch^ 
restlessspirit to meddle with other pii/ons business, let thim tun ttir anention^o 
IT. f °/ °bj^';^rS^"' ^''^"S^^ ^"^^^ ""t°''' mischief: they had better petilio. Co,° 
gres o force all the lazy, worthless, colored brethren of theirs in the Dishict to go to 
uork an earn an honest living, for which purpose they were designed by the law-^h-er 
and ruler of heaven and earth ; not to encumber our aienue, day after day, in i le^ness 
and impertinence, dressed in the best, and no visible exertion how it is procJ I'ed There 
LTrT' "^fl^'^:^ °^ ^^?^ '1 .^^-;^ "P°" "^^' r^°P'« ■■ f°^- ^i^^°'-derlv cond'ic t. 1 ere are the 
ind s^^i^' T^^^^^^ Abolit onist cheriseed the peculiar ofrcts of their solicftude 
fn the vnv n • \h T^'^J, ^•':\"«t 111 bonds. Why are they not saved ? There is no master 
n the ^^ay ot their salvation. I expect tliey will find, ere long, the Abolitionist does 

Ui y a?c": fulT of\^"t ""'? ' '"r^V^*^ '^""^ ""' Y^' '' ''' =^ S-al mystery to m" X 
r^}l a\\\ Of interest, solicitude, sympathy, and grief, at the condition of their 

both sDiriS-. i w^"'" /' '° ^-' "" P^^'^'r «^ '^'-' ''^''^' roi).dation, whosl- condition, 
bor ous ev erH T '^P°'"=^'' '^ ^''^^ ^^V'^' =■ *^'^J^ '"'' ^''""''^ ^y »'"^"- ^aker tor hard, la- 
ercTse rbnt tb^72F 'f 'tf ""'P'^f ^ ^"^"- 'onnd of duty, an.l not sink beneath tfae ex- 
rm«;e^Jeil tp^. f f r ?^ t!'™%'\'^^>"e.?^.) 'Phe natural constitution of the whites 
. V ^h% t ; 'u^"' '•? ^^''^'Z ^""^^^ exertion beyond their sti-cngth, they often fall a 
. v ctini to the pelting blast of ailversc tortune. I hear no abolition sv'mpafhy tor them 
to aiS^H Sv- ' *^*^:'- '"" 7'- tl'oir groans, and flowingtears-no piti.^n to CongreTj 
noo frpnH ' f^^J'^-' "'t":'.^"^ ''■'^'""'^^ orphan? and perad'venture. should thr 

aL e h W? r'^r5-'"'^f^ V' ^■°'^''"'' '^""^^■••' ^"'■•^ ''' ''^ "^ "'^■•^-' >'♦ 'he door 
U thc.e hd.d-ncartod abohUonisis their cnj^rcd brelbrm, one of these pampered mcniiih 



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r.- lirected to ordor them from the door, that they had nothing for them, and to come 
lio more, or they should be sent to the ahns-house. Here are daily occurrences of this 
in Washington, as well as in other places, for the same feelings govern them wherever 
thev are. 

There are some fiicts come to my knowledge, which took place in the Citj' of Wash- 
ington, which will prove the hostility of their hearts to every kind benevolent feeling; 
anti are tyrannical and persecuting in their proceeding to the poor, destitute and friend- 
less, those who deserve their sympathy, aid, and kind attention. 

I have thus given a faint sketch of the good fruit of these kind-hearted abolitionists, 
to ward their colored friends, at the peril of the peace and well-fare of society. They 
can trample on the peace, rights, and ottspring of the destitute poor and friendless, and 
say they are doing the will ol God, while they are going about like a roaring lion, seek- 
in"- whom they may destroy. May the God of all mercy and long forbearance, toucli 
their hearts with a live coal from his altar, and enable them to understand his revealed 
will concerning the soul's salvation, and their duty to their fellow man. He does not 
require them to do what he has not made plain to all in his written word, which they 
should take as the man of their counsel, and a lamp to guide them out of the labyarinth 
of perplexities in which they are involved, and would fain involve our once peacel'ul land. 

I have also but feebly given some of the great reasons why our beloved county, is at 
this moment, surrounded with difficulties, embarrassments, sufferings, and distress, at 
every point we turn. Mr. Van Buren, with his short-sighted, narrow-contracted, party 
measures and interest, has thrown one broad sheet of dismay and ruin far and wide ; had 
he paused, condemned virtue, softened by the feelings of sympathy and brotherly love 
for his countrymen, and the honor and prosperity of his country, paramount to ever}- 
minor consideration of self and party advancement, we should now be enjoying the 
blessino-s, growing out of a Government, wise and deliberate in its counsels, pure and , 
impartfal in its measures toward a free and sovereign people ; but as I think, he is the 
scourge in the hand of the Lord to this country, to prove to the sons and daughters 
of America, that they have not, at all times, estimated the privileges and bless- 
ings of this favored land as they should have done, and returned unfeigned thanks and 
obedience to God, the author and dispenser of all national blessings, as well as individ- 
ual comforts, spiritual and temporal. And as it is only by comparison, that man is happy 
or miserable, so we may look forward to a more glorious era of things — a bright day not 
far distant— then we can look back to 1837 as the year that tried nien's souls in vvhich 
the American character was tried, [Martin Van Buren's administration,] and I have no 
fears but they will come out refined and purified, by their present distress, sufferings, and 
loss, like the pure gold tried seven times seven ; and the language of ever}' honest heart 
will be, shall I love Martin Van Buren more than my country, or my country less, and 
this Casar more. Yes, I fondly hope, this dark, cloudy morn of your four years career, 
will rapidly roll on, swift as the wing of time can push it from the stage of political ac- 
tion, and Oh ! that I could say, from the records of history : but alas ! there it will ever 
be a black stain on the Americans' rights, honor, and glory. But the day is not far dis- 
tant, when we shall, with the blessing of heaven, redeem, through the sound wisdom of 
Henry Clay, what we have lost by Martin Van Buren. I feel, il I understand the peo- 
ple aright, that Henry Clay is the choice of their wisdom and judgment,— -the bright star 
of the West, that wifl guide this distressed nation, once more to prosperity, union, peace, 
concord, and its wanted dignity among other nations. Should the people be wise in time, ' 
and profit by past experience, and set their face as a flint, to the assumption of any man 
to the Presidential Chair, through the Treasury of the United States, which was ex; 
hausted, I might say, to elevate you to so conspicuous a post of honor and responsibility, 
which, my venerable friend, your predecessor, nominated you to fill his place, and tread 
in his footsteps, (blind, unwise, partiality.) All the gold and .silver of the United States 
Treasury was put in motion, to susiain'you, over superiors in the contest, which if left 
to stand or fall, by true honor and qualifications, necessary to fill the station, would have 
left you far behind in chagrin and disappointment. But Mr. Clay, your opponent anri 
superior in every thing, except in the command of the United States Treasury, which 
he would disdain to use for his advancement to any post of honor. No, he must \>c. . 
placed there by the voice of the People, not by the Government purse, which was so. 
exhausted in your elevation, that it very soon after proved a bankiupt, and unable to pay 
its just and honest debts. Mr. Clay never aspired to the Presidential Chatr, not for the 
honor of that station— he wished to' honor the situation by evincing his patriotic love of 
country-, the whole country, not a part : he is now a statesman, firm in purpose, wise, 
profound, and deliberate in all his measures— he should be appreciated and cherished as 
one of the brightest, purest orbs in our political hemisphere; and I hope he is destined 
to break the Van Buren enchantment, with the few in number, comparatively speaking 
to what they were eight months ago, to dissolve and banish forever from our councils, 
every vestige of Van Buren witchcraft, and build up the ravages and waste places he 
has made, and erect a standard of e(j>ial rights general good, equal prosoerity, the 
reward of the poor as well as rich. Then would the laurel, rich and green, demand its 
right to" entwine around the brow of him, the greatest among men, H. Clay, the Peo- 
ple's choice, the Nation's friend. LUCY KENNE 1 . 



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